RUFC - Head to Head v Posh

Ahead of Sunday's League 2 clash between Rotherham and Peterborough at Millmoor, here is the history of the Millmoor fixture between the 2 United's.

Compared to the many Football League centurian teams, Peterborough United are relative newcomers, being voted into the League at the expense of Gateshead in 1960.Rotherham's first ever meeting with The Posh didn't come until 10 years later at the very beginning of the 70,s with a 3rd round FA Cup tie on January 3rd 1970 at Millmoor.A Jim Hall second half goal for the visitors won the tie in front of 13,146 fans.Peterborough were humbled in round 4, going out 5-1 to 3rd Division Gillingham.The Millers side for this first encounter was..1. Jim Furnell2. Chris Hudson3. Dennis Leigh4. Neil Hague5. Dave Watson6. Trevor Swift7. Neil Warnock8. Johnny Fantham9. David Lill10 David Bentley11 Jimmy Mullen

The first League meeting between the sides at Millmoor, came at the very end of The Millers first ever season in Division 4.This game played on May 11th 1974 was the last League fixture of any team that season, coming 2 weeks after the season's official ending and a week after the FA Cup final.Peterborough had already been crowned 4th Division Champions, but Rotherham who had a season of struggle, finished in style with a 3-1 victory to end up in 15th position, just 5 points clear of the Re-election zone.Millers scorers were Trevor Womble, John Woodall and Jimmy Goodfellow.A Jeff Lee penalty was the reply for the Champions.The gate for this game was 3,100.The Millers team for that game was...1. Jim McDonagh2. Steve Derrett3. John Breckin4. Mick Leng5. Bob Delgado6. Trevor Swift7. Trevor Phillips8. Trevor Womble9. John Woodall10 Jimmy Goodfellow11 Alan Crawford

After that game Peterborough were unbeaten in the next 6 encounters at Millmoor, earning 5 draws and a win.The next Millers victory didn't arrive until September 30th 1995, but it arrived in style as we won 5-1 in front of 2,863 fans.Rotherham had only won twice in the 10 opening League games that season, and although we had a Wembley final to look forward to that season, we had another season of struggle in Division 2.The win over Peterborough along with a 4-1 victory at Hull were arguably the League highlights of the season.Scorers against Posh were, Shaun Goater 2, Trevor Berry, Mike Jeffrey and Andy Roscoe with Lee Power replying for Peterborough.The Millers team was....1. Matt Clarke2. Chris Wilder3. Gary Bowyer (Mark Monington)4. Neil Richardon5. Ian Breckin6. Paul Blades7. Trevor Berry8. Shaun Goodwin (Andy Hayward)9. Mike Jeffrey10 Shaun Goater11 Andy Roscoe

The last meeting between the two sides at Millmoor came in front of 5,519 fans on November 25th 2000, as the Millers extended their unbeaten League run to 9 games with a 3-0 victory.Guy Branston, Paul Hurst and Mark Robins goals kept the Millers in 4th position as the promotion push gathered momentum.The Millers team for the day was...1. Ian Gray2. Rob Scott3. Paul Hurst4. Darren Garner5. David Artell6. Guy Branston7. Kevin Watson8. Mark Robins9. Alan Lee10 Paul Warne11 Stewart Talbot

Overall this fixture has produced more than it's fair share of draws in the past with 8 out of 13 games being drawn, but we are unbeaten at home against Peterborough in 9 games dating back to 1977....Here's to making it 10 on Sunday against the Division's free spending favourites for promotion.